The Drumley Walk: Promoting Health through Poems and Songs that Remember Yugambeh Aboriginal Leaders and Languages
Title: The Drumley Walk: Promoting Health through Poems and Songs that Remember Yugambeh Aboriginal Leaders and Languages (Presented at Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference, 2013) Author: Sandra Kirkwood B.Occ.Thy, B.Music, M.Phil. Director, Music Health Australia. Email: kirkwood13@bigpond.com Key Words: Applied Ethnomusicology, Primary healthcare, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, cultural heritage, community development. Abstract: The Drumley Walk is an annual three-day walking pilgrimage from Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, to Southport on the Gold Coast. The 65 kilometre journey follows the footsteps of Beaudesert Aboriginal identity Billy Drumley. In the early 1900s he trekked through farmland and bush to visit his sister Jenny Graham who lived at Southport with her many children and grandchildren. Rory O’Connor...